Carpet-stretcher



(N0 Model.)

w. E. HENDERSON.

CARPET STRETGHER.

No. 256,839. Patented Apr.Z5, 1882.

In veJa 1301 F UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WlLLIAM E. HENDERSON, OF IRON MOUNTAIN, MISSOURI.

CA RPET STRETCJH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,839, dated April25, 1882.

Application filed December 20, 1881. (X model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. HENDER- SON, of Iron Mountain, Missouri,have made a new and useful Improvement in Carpet- Stretchers, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, inwhich- Figure l is a view in perspective of the improved stretcher;Fig.2, a View looking toward the underside of the stretcherplate, thedraft-cord being attached; Fig. 3, a side elevation of the stretcher asin use; Fig. 4, a side elevation, the plate and carpet being raised fromthe floor; and Fig. 5, a detail.

The same letters denote the same parts.

I have heretofore made an improvement in carpet -'st-retchers, wherein astretcher plate armed with teeth for the purpose of hooking the plateinto the carpet and for fastening the plate to the floor is used inconnection with a crab that is stationed in front of and connected withthe plate, and by operating which the plate is drawn forward, stretchingthe carpet.

The present construction IS a modification ot the construction referredto, and in this the same stretchenplate and draft'cord are used;

1 but in place of the crab alever is used, the lever being pointed atits lower end to engage 0 in the floor, and being suitably slotted toreceive the draft-cord of the plate, as seen in the drawings, where Arepresents a carpet being laid upon the floor F and being stretched inthe direction of the arrow in Fig. 4.

B represents the stretcher-plate, having in its under side the hooked orinclined teeth I), at or toward the rear edge, I), of the plate, and thestraight teeth b at or toward the forward edge of the plate, and havingthe draft- 4o cord 0, leading from the under side of the plate, all asin the former construction.

D represents the lever used in drawing the stretcher-plate. It isprovided with a point, d, to enable the lever to be fixed in the floorat 5 any desired point, and is slotted at d to re ceive the cord 0. Tostretch the carpet, the plate B, by means of the teeth b, is engagedtherewith, the cord 0 is inserted in the slot cl of the lever D, and thelatter is fixed in theiioor F, and so that by throwing the upper end ofthe lever forward the plate is drawn and the carpet stretched, and whenthe carpet needs to be stretched a second time, or when the carpet,after being 5 stretched, needs to be held from slipping back, the carpetand plate are depressed from the position shown in Fig. 4 into that ofFigs. 3 and I. claim- 6o 1. The combination of the plate B, the teethI), the cord C, and the lever D, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the plate B, the teeth I) and b the cord 0, andthe lever D, substantially as described.

Witness my hand.

WILLIAM E. HENDERSON.

Witnesses:

CHAS. D. MooDY, SAML. S. BOYD.

